Fifty-five word stories are brief pieces of creative writing that use elements of poetry, prose, or both to encapsulate key experiences in health care. In this article, family physician Colleen Fogarty describes how she has used 55-word stories in a seminar she led at the 2009 annual meeting of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). The article includes a table with instructions on how to write a 55-word story, a description of her seminar and tips on how she taught it, and examples of writing and reactions from the faculty in family medicine residency programs who participated in her seminar. The article is available free of charge in PubMed.
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- Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20526906/
Details
Language: English
Type of Teaching Material: Lesson Plan/Discussion Outline and Writing How-Tos
Setting (class level or workshop): Professional
Contributed by: Health Story Hub Team ( health-storyhub@uiowa.edu )
Citation: Fogarty, C. T. (2010). Fifty-five word stories: "Small jewels" for personal reflection and teaching. Family Medicine, 42, 400-402.